<p>I’d say go for it. As someone who is three-quarters Italian with the last name O’Neill, I take the strange looks, give a little explanation and move on.</p>
<p>If being half-Hispanic is something that matters to you, it should matter to colleges. You could even write a supplementary essay about it if you are worried they won’t believe you - about how being half-Hispanic defines you, if you believe it does.</p>
<p>I feel like people could easily lie on those Common App extracurricular sections about the number of hors they spent picking up trash at the park, etc. Colleges have to just take things at face value. ALSO: people who are 1/16th or 1/32nd Native American get a free college education (<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/407748-how-prove-claim-native-american-heritage-college-applications.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/407748-how-prove-claim-native-american-heritage-college-applications.html</a>), so being half anything seems to be worth something to colleges.</p>